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Sunday, 28 August 2011

I've been pretty poor at tending my blog this summer. Even after all the excitement over the new title, I just deflated. I used to be incredibly consistent, staying up late to post at least once per week. I knew that consistency is key and I knew that I needed to be building my platform if I ever want to get published. I knew that sometimes you have to work through a lack of inspiration and get 'er done.

But in this season, despite all these things about blogging that I know, it's felt right to let it go a bit.

At first I thought I was simply being unmotivated, but recently a word came to me for how I feel: fallow.

Fallow means left unsown for a season in order to restore fertility.

My e-creativity needs that, no matter how many rules of blogging this fallowness breaks. I'm such a rebel.

I'm not sure how long this fallow thing will last, I just thought I'd put it out there so you'd know that I'm not being lazy, just seasonal. See you whenever the sowing season starts up next!

I felt this way about writing in general for several weeks in a row. I love the concept of allowing your mind and soul to rest, giving it time to restore itself before the next season of creativity arrives. I think when we give ourselves time to rest, there is often a surge of creativity that follows...if we (by that I mean, I) don't panic. :)

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Hi, I'm Alisha. Welcome to my blog. I'm a wandering Seattleite home after 8 years overseas in Japan, England, and New Zealand. I'm into pretty stationery & pens, health & green smoothies, and living a full if unorthodox life. I'm chronicling my year of setting intentions on things like creativity, productivity, and just making life better.